I’m absolutely heartbroken for not loving this one! The characters all felt incredibly flat and inconsequential as the book and its plot went further and further along. The plot itself was fine, but quite predictable and where it wasn’t, it felt boring and just simply unearned because of the fact that the characters read as being so flat to me.

Also, the love triangle?? Grossed me out ngl. The whole thing…. I’ve never felt that way about a love triangle before, but it really struck me as gross and completely out of place. There needed to be zero romantic subplots in this book imo.

I really wanted to like this one if only for my love of Criminal Minds (similar in only the basis idea of profiling serial killers imo), but this was just a let down all around. This is a fine idea for a book in theory but this execution was not for me… unfortunately.

Also, for my fellow clean/Christian readers, there are quite a few sexual innuendos in this one. Some way too on the nose for me. And a few minor swear words as well.

The mystery and case within this book was intriguing enough for me to finish it, but the amount of swearing really irked me as the book went on. As someone who does not enjoy when books are full of swear words, this one really got on my nerves. At one point, there were 3 F words in the span of a minute (on the audiobook)…. If I wasn’t so invested in finding out what happened with the case, I would’ve DNFed right there.

I’m actually heartbroken that I’m not able to continue on with the series, because I actually love the idea of the couple that was teased at the end of the book! They would be so good together, for sure!

This isn’t a new favorite in the series, but I continue to love the series’ characters and O’Connor’s writing of the mysteries. I learned a lot about Irish folklore through this, too, which is something I didn’t expect from a cozy mystery, lol. But I’m not mad about it!